They are protesting working conditions and remuneration, amongst others.
A strike of air traffic controllers on Friday grounded flights in and out of airports in several West and Central African countries.
The Union of Air Traffic Controllers' Unions of Asecna (USYCAA) launched the strike Friday morning to demand better working conditions.
They are protesting working conditions and remuneration, amongst others.
ASECNA regulates traffic control in 18 countries, especially in francophone West Africa.
The countries are; Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, Congo, Ivory Coast, France, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Chad, Togo and Comoros.
The air traffic controllers defied court orders and government bans, forbidding the strike.
The development has affected outbound and inbound flights across West Africa as many regional and international travellers are stranded at airport like Senegal’s Blaise Diagne International Airport, amongst others.